Math 220 Derivatives Homework

On a separate sheet of paper, solve the following problems. You must show all your work to
receive full credit.

Using the definition of the limit, find the derivatives of the following:

1. f (x) = 4x + 1, a = 3 2. f (x) = 2x2 + 3x − 1, a = 2

3. Consider the function f (x) = 4 − x2 . Find f 0 (a) using the definition of the limit and use it to
find the equation of the line tangent to f (x) at a = −1.
(5 + h)3 − 125
4. If f 0 (a) = lim , what are f (x) and a?
h→0 h

Compute the following derivatives using the power rule:

d 4  d 13/5 d −2/3
5. x  6. t 7. π
dx x=2 dt dz

√
8. Find the equation of the line tangent to f (x) = 5x − 32 x at a = 4.

Compute the following derivatives:

d x d x d
9. e 10. 4 11. ln(x)
dx dx dx
Compute the following trig derivatives:
d d d
12. (ex + sin(x)) 13. (cos(z) − csc(z)) 14. (cot(t) + sec(t))
dx dz dt

π
15. Find the line tangent to y = tan(θ) at θ = .
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Compute the following derivatives (You do no need to simplify your answer):

d t d cos(z) d 2 x 5
16. e sin(t) 18. 20. x e +
dt dz 1 − z 4 dx x
d d 2x cot(x) d x+4
17. ln(x) tan(x) 19. 21.
dx dx csc(x) dx 2x3 sec(x)

Calculate y 0 and y 00 of the following:

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22. y = 2x5 24. y = x

23. y = t2 et 25. y = tan(θ)

d2 y 
26. Compute for the function y = 6x9 − 2x5 .
dx2 x=1


27. Find f (4) (x) for f (x) = sin(x). What do you observe?

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28. The graph of f (x) is given by:

Match f 0 (x) and f 00 (x) to their respective graphs:

Compute the following derivatives:

d x3 d d 1
29. e 31. tan(cos(z)) 33.
dx dz dr e2r

30.
d
sin(4y) d x d √ 2/3
dy 32. e cos(x3 ) 34. 4x + 9
dx dx
35. Compute f 00 (x) for the function f (x) = (x2 + 6)5 .

Use logarithmic differentiation to compute f 0 (x) for the following functions:

x(x2 + 1) 38. f (x) = (3x2 +5)1/x

√ √x
36. f (x) = √ x
x+1
√
37. f (x) = (6x4 + 3)(4x7/2 ) x + 10 39. f (x) = 7x(cosx)x/2
√
40. Compute the derivative of x2 y + x = y 3 + 10 with respect to x.
41. Find the equation of the line tangent to x2/3 + y 2/3 = 2 at the point (1, 1).
42. Assume y is a function of x. Find y 0 for y = sin(3x + 4y).